Camaro Dragster Eats Fence for Breakfast in Latest Cars and Coffee Embarrassment

Steph Willems
by Steph Willems

You could fill the better part of a day watching bone-headed wrecks filmed outside Cars and Coffee meetups.

The latest (but not the last) automotive crunchfest entertained spectators at last week’s Reno, Nevada event.

The driver of a first-generation Chevrolet Camaro dragster figured laying a magnificent strip of rubber would lend some much-needed panache to his exit. Oh, and it sounded good. Everything was going according to the one-point plan.

But the Camaro’s back end went squirrely as it gained speed, sending the black beauty on a quick trip to the median. After gobbling up chain link fence like so many White Castle sliders, the Camaro’s front end was nicely trashed, though its high-output motor started right back up.

The driver escaped unharmed, though his street cred was soiled like a pair of pants at Woodstock.

Despite videos like this, you can bet your retirement fund that these crashes will never, ever, EVER stop happening, so we’ll leave the tut-tut moralizing to the cameraman.

“Here is a good example of what not to do leaving a car meet of any kind,” said MustangMatt on his YouTube page, adding, “And this just goes to show anyone can crash their high hp car at anytime its not just Mustangs lol.”

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  • Superdessucke Superdessucke on May 22, 2016

    Cars, coffee, and a big slice of humble pie. His insurance company probably will not pay for this, FYI. I also wouldn't have started the motor with the radiator damaged like that. Those big blown engines can overheat pretty quickly.

    • Scoutdude Scoutdude on May 22, 2016

      Serious drag cars do not have cooling systems so running it for a few seconds at not much load isn't going to hurt anything.

  • Carlson Fan Carlson Fan on May 22, 2016

    Well at least he wrecked that meh Gen 1 Camaro and not a split bumper Gen 2. Seems like mostly just a crappy driver that didn't know his car all that well. What he did didn't seem all that reckless, surprised he wrecked. Here's the proper way to leave a car show and do a burnout. Ford fans rejoice! - I'd give my left nut to have that car. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LlKkds2Lhx8

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  • Dukeisduke If it's going to be a turbo 4-cylinder like the new Tacoma, I'll pass.BTW, I see lots of Tacomas on the road (mine is a 2013), but I haven't seen any 4th-gen trucks yet.
  • Oberkanone Expect 4Runner to combine best aspects of new Land Cruiser and new Tacoma and this is what I expect from 2025 4Runner.Toyota is REALLY on it's best game recently. Tacoma and Land Cruiser are examples of this.
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